Jerry Coons Jr.
Date of Birth: 04-21-72
Residence: Tucson, Ariz.
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Team: Wilke-Pak Motorsports
Owners: Mark & Greg Wilke, Kevin Schuele
Series: USAC Mopar® Midget National Championship Series
Car: No. 11 USAC Mopar Midget National Car
Sponsor: Mopar
Crew Chief: Greg Wilke
Engine Builder: Gary Stanton
Web Sites: www.jerrycoonsjr.com, www.moparspeed.com, www.mopar.com
2007 TEAM MOPAR STATS
- Claimed his second straight USAC Mopar Midget National Championship.
- Swept both nights of the Mopar Belleville Midget Nationals, held at the famed Belleville Highbanks in Belleville, Kansas.
- Took home the title in the third annual “Indiana Midget Week Championship.”
- Finished fourth in the USAC Silver Crown points standings and ninth in the USAC National Sprint Car points race.
- Was honored as USAC’s “Super License Champion” for earning more USAC National feature points than any other driver.
QUICK FACTS
- Captured the 2006 USAC National Midget Car championship with Mopar power—his first USAC National title.
- Scored three USAC National Midget Car victories on his way to claiming the 2006 title.
- Recorded 15 top-tens in 22 USAC Midget starts for Wilke-Pak Motorsports in 2006.
- Finished sixth in the 2006 USAC National Sprint Car point standings, with two wins and the USAC Border Wars XII event title. His Top-ten finish in the standings came despite not competing in USAC Sprint pavement events.
- Swept the June 2006 Lake Ozark race, scoring wins in both the USAC National Sprint and Midget events at the facility.
- Placed second in the 2005 USAC National Midget Car points standings while running the majority of the events with Mopar power for Wilke-Pak Motorsports.
- Brought home a 2005 win for Wilke-Pak at Salem (Ind.) Speedway.
- Set fast time in the 2005 July event at Toledo Speedway in Ohio, with a lap of 15.208.
- Finished seventh in 2005 USAC National Sprint Car points standings.
- Finished eighth in 2002 USAC National Silver Crown points standings. Notched one sprint and four midget feature wins.
- Named 2001 USAC National Silver Crown Most Improved Driver, finishing fifth in points, with two pole awards.
- Recorded one USAC National Midget Car feature win in 2000.
- Grabbed one USAC National Sprint Car win and four midget feature wins in 1999.
- Finished fourth in 1998 USAC National Midget Car points standings and recorded eight feature wins in a variety of midget car series.
- Wheeled his way to three sprint car feature wins in 1997.
- Scored his first USAC National Midget Car feature win at Belleville Midget Nationals in 1995.
- Compiled 22 midget feature wins and 10 sprint feature wins, from 1992 to 1994.
- Won nine midget features, including the Buddy Taylor Memorial, in 1989.
- Finished second in the Arizona USAC Series points standings in 1987.
- Won first midget race at age 14 in 1986, at El Paso Speedway Park.
- Got behind the wheel of his first Midget ride at age 14. The car was owned by his father, Jerry Coons Sr.
- Raced go-karts from age 9 until he turned 13.
- Started his racing career in Quarter Midgets at the South Mountain Park track in Arizona. He first donned race gear and took the cockpit of a race car at age 5.
